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Welcome to Rent Control Radio - a new show that will be airing on the Money Power Land Solidarity feed. On Rent Control Radio we will be covering the City of Minneapolis' "Rent Stablization Working Group", a group appointed by the mayor and city council to shape a potential Rent Control policy for the city. The Rent Stabilization Working Group has their first meeting today 9/13/22 and are scheduled to meet through the rest of the year.  On today's premier episode we sit down with Sean Lim from Minneapolis United for Rent Control & the Minnesota Youth Collective and B Rosas who was an organizer in the Housing Equity Now St. Paul (HENS) coaltion that led the successful referendum for Rent Control in St. Paul in 2021. We open today with some context on the stuggles for Rent Control in the Twin Cities and then we go through the appointees to the Minneapolis Rent Stablization Working Group to get a sense of who is on the group and what politics they bring to the table.  Theme music created by our producer Isaac Specktor  Subscribe to the Money Power Land Solidairty Patreon to support working class journalism   

The crew is back on the mic to discuss  Jacob Frey's appointment of Tom Hoch to chair the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority board, 40 Billion to Ukraine, Joe Biden having way more bodies than Putin, the new director of Minneapolis Regulatory Services' feelings about encampents, Evictions, Rent Control and our plans for taking a summer sabatical from your podcast feed:) Invest on Patreon so we can take things to the next level 

To celebrate the holiday Jake linked up with friend of the show Andi Snow to sample some of the cannabis available through the state of Minnesota's Medical program and have a low key conversation about decriminalization, capitalism and our love of the tree:)  Support us on Patreon to unlock bonus episodes

Today we interview striking Special Education Assistant Macks Hopland about his piece "Public Education is Not for Sale: The Case of Minneapolis Public Schools".  We talk about the corporate power and ruling class interest behind the scenes in our fight for Minneapolis students and famiiles. We supplement the interview with the voices of striking educatos and students directly from the picket lines.  *The MFT strike has since been settlted, we still think there is much to learn from Macks' writing and from the courageous struggle of educators and students, the strike is over but the battle for education is still on and poppin.  Subscribe on Patreon to help us continue to make class struggle joirnalism and art 

On todays show we are joined by Joe Vital and Dean Dovolis to get us caught up to speed on the struggle for the East Phillips Urban Farm.  Stay plugged in with EPNI here Subscribe to us on Patreon for bonus epiosdes  Please leave a rating and review on your podcast app to help us reach more ears 

To mark us reaching 100 episodes we are circling back to the development that prompted us to start our podcast: the Upper Harbor Terminal.  Subscribe on Patreon 

Reflections on the role of the United States of America in the Russia-Ukraine War.  Produced by Isaac Specktor 

On today's episode we look into the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) as they prepare for the Spring opening of their Gateway Tower in Minneapolis.  Our hearts are with the family and loved ones of Amir Locke.  Please support our work on Patreon  

On today's episode we are joined by attorney Mike Padden to discuss his book "The Minneapolis Police Department Blue Code of Silence: The True Story of the Murder of Terrance Franklin". Mr. Padden served as lawyer for the Franklin family and walks us through the evidence of the brutal 2013 MPD murder of Terrance and subsequent cover up.  CONTENT WARNING: This interview contains graphic description of police violence  Watch the Time Magazine documentary on the case here  Get Mike's book here  Support the Money Power Land Solidarity podcast on Patreon 

Join Minneapolis United for Rent Control for an Inauguration Day rally in support of universal rent control Monday, January 10th, 10:45am outside of the main entrance to the Minneapolis Convention Center. Wear a mask and bundle up   

On today's episode we evaluate the last 4 years of municipal governance in Minneapolis under the leadership of Jacob Frey and Lisa Bender by looking at their decisions around the MPD budget, housing policy, development and political appointments.  Join us on Patreon

Today on the Patreon feed we dropped part 2 of our essay "Bulldozing Tents" reflecting on the role of the local Non-Profit Industrial Complex in repressing the encampment movement and evicting unsheltered people from public parks in the summer of 2020. Subscribe on Patreon for as little as 2$ a month to hear the entire 2 part episode and more 

Today we are unlocking a Patreon exclusive episode. We are joined by Luna Zeidner, campaign manager for the 2021 Sheila FTP Mayoral campaign to reflect on the recently concluded Minneapolis municipal elections. We get to know a bit about Luna's pathway into electoral politics and talk about the successes and lessons learned from this campaign season. Big thanks to Luna for joining us and to all our Patreon subscribes for keeping the show afloat, we couldn't do it without you:)  If you appreciate the show please take moment to leave us a rating and review on your podcast app and/or share with a friend and/or subscribe on Patreon 

On today's episode we are joined by Tram Hoang, Monica Bravo and B Rosas, 3 organizers with the Housing Equity Now St. Paul (HENS)Coalition that led the victorious campaign for Rent Control in St. Paul. We discuss the ins and outs of how this historic victory was achieved and what lessons renters can take as we fight for rent control across the state. Follow HENS at @henstp to join the effort to defend this victory from landlord reaction.   Subscribe on Patreon so we can continue to bring you radical working class journalism and art      

We are uplifting a call to action from Minnesota Uprising Arrestee Support (MUAS) in support of Montez Lee, a 25 year old father of 2 who is in federal custody on charges stemming from the uprising after the murder of George Floyd. Click the link below and submit a letter to in support of Montez Lee, letters must be in by Nov.14th so do it promptly.  Montez Lee sentencing letter template send letters to muas@riseup.net Check out MUAS to support others facing repression after the uprising   

Today we are joined by friend of the show Micah Fitch for a discussion on voting systems. Micah helps us understand the strengths and limitations of Rank Choice Voting a little better and introduces us to two potential alternatives,  Approval and STAR voting.  We have some autopsies of the recent Minneapolis Municipal elections coming soon as we are fast approaching our 100th episode. Subscribe on Patreon today to help us keep the momentum going!  Patreon.com/moneypowerlandsolidarity 

We got the whole crew back together for another 2021 Municipal election conversation, this time we discuss the potential for socialist gains and liberal cooptation while we run down all 13 city council races.  Thank you to everyone who helped us get over the 250 patron threshold, next up is 300, subscribe today!  Patreon.com/moneypowerlandsolidarity 

Join us Saturday, October 30th at Van Cleve Park for the Robin for Minneapolis Zombie Vote Crawl.  Enjoy Music, Food, Prizes for Best Political Zombie Costume and casting your vote early  Make Sure You Turn out all your Ward 2 people between now and Election Day to elect Democratic Socialist Robin Wonsley-Worlobah to the Minneapolis City Council 

On today's episode we are joined by professional parlimentarian Josh Martin to get an overview of the Board of Estimates and Taxation, the arm of local government that sets the property tax rate and issues bonds. Before the interview we reflect on the need to go beyond taxing the rich toward a wholistic redistributive agenda to move us from capitalism to socialism.  We are only 4 subscribers away from 250 on Patreon, join us today! 

The whole squad is back on the mic joined by returning guest Amber Delgado to shine astrological light on the 2021 Minneapolis municipal elections. We start with a discussion on the 3 charter amendments on the ballot this year and then we check the planetary alignment of some of the top mayoral contenders.  Support Dylan Robinson here  Check out Amber's work here  We need 6 more subscribers on Patreon to reach 250 - sign up today for bonus episodes!

On today's episode we are joined by Eli and Rachel from the Restaurant Opportunities Center, ROC MN, to talk about their successful organizing campaign that won $230,000 of back wages, unpaid overtime and damages from Kim Bartmann and the Bartmann restaurant group. We get the story of this inspiring campaign and discuss broader issues and organizing in the food service industry, the impacts of covid and more.  Support us on Patreon to hear the great bonus episode we recorded with Eli and Rachel later this week 

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On today's episode we are joined by professor of Political Science, African and African American studies at the University of Minnesota August Nimtz to discuss his book The Ballot, The Streets or Both? From Marx and Engles to Lenin and the October Revolution in the light of the 2021 Minneapolis municipal elections. Professor Nimtz takes us through the history of revolutionary communist engagement with the electoral arena and we reflect on how we can apply those lessons and strategies today.  Check out more about Dr. Nimtz here  Subscribe to the Money Power Land Solidarity podcast on Patreon for bonus material and support working class media  Rate and review us on your podcast app to help broaden our reach!   

I wanted to share some lessons I learned from welcoming a baby into the world during a historic drought and the hottest summer on record, while Enridge is violating our sacred waters. Here is a short reflection on the climate crisis, capitalist despair and revolutionary joy - Jake.  Produced by Isaac Specktor - as always.  Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive content

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Today we are joined by South Minneapolis writer Eamon Whalen to discuss his cover piece in the latest edition of The Nation magazine "The Unemployed Epidemiologist Who Predicted the Pandemic", a rich profile of evolutionary biologist, agroecologist and economic geographer Rob Wallace and his work on the political economy of Covid-19 and pandemics. Eamon introduces us to Rob Wallace and we discuss his analysis of industrial agriculture as the root cause of Covid-19.  Read Eamon's piece here  Subscribe to Rob Wallace's Patreon here  Support the Money Power Land Solidarity podcast here  ***One of the cords we were using to record this interview was malfunctioning so there is some distortion that comes in occasionally on Eamon's vocals at times in the interview, sorry about that, stick with it its well worth the listen, we are putting that cord out of commission 

On today's episode we are joined by cultural worker, organizer and Executive Director of MediaJustice Steven Renderos to talk about the battle against monopoly ownership and misinformation in our corporate media system. We start by looking at Live Nation, one of the largest global players in the entertainment industry who recently opened a hotel and music venue "The Filmore Minneapolis" with our arch nemesis United Properties. We go on to  discuss net neutrality, digital surveillance and a vision for a media system beyond capitalism.  Check out Steven's org MediaJustice  Check out Steven's podcast Bring Receipts.  Please rate and review our show and subscribe on Patreon so we can keep building this independent media project  Patreon.com/moneypowerlandsolidarity  

Tomorrow, Wednesday August 18th, the Minneapolis city council will vote on whether to move forward with the city's toxic Hiawatha Expansion project.  We need YOU to take action today - contact city council and let them know we don't want any more pollution in the already over burdened E. Phillips Community, we need them to move the Hiawatha Expansion and support the East Phillips Urban Farm!  Email city council - citycouncilmembers@minneapolismn.gov We especially need pressure on council members Philippe Cunningham. Ward4@minneapolismn.gov and Jamal Osman Jamal.Osman@minneapolismn.gov Follow the East Phillips Urban Farm @eastphillipsurbanfarm  

On todays episode we have a great discussion with Socialist candidate for Minneapolis city council Robin Wonsley Worlobah. We talk about Robins pathway to becoming a democratic socialist, her decision not to pursue a dual endorsement from the DFL, the future of public safety in Minneapolis, socialist housing policy and more! Check out Robin's campaign website here and see how you can contribute to electing the first Black socialist to the Minneapolis City Council  support us on Patreon, we need you!! 

Today we are joined St.Paul luminary, poet and organizer Tish Jones to talk about the grass roots community challenge to the 'ReConnect Rondo" land bridge project. We open by discussing the history of the Rondo Neighborhood of St.Paul, a thriving Black community that was intentionally destroyed by the construction of Interstate 94 in the 1960s. From there Tish shares with us the woeful lack of community engagement by MN DOT and ReConnect Rondo in their 500 Million dollar land bridge project, the gentrification and displacement implications of the project and the organizing Tish and others are doing calling for transparency and justice for the Rondo community.  Sign the petition to demand justice and inclusion around the Rondo Land Bridge  https://www.change.org/p/gov-tim-walz-petition-to-demand-transparency-around-the-rondo-land-bridge Help us get to 400 Patreon subscribers!  Patreon.com/moneypowerlandsolidarity

On todays episode we are continuing our reflection on the relationship between capitalist real estate and the police state by looking into a key player in Operation Safety Now - Mr. Eric Won. We start with an overview of Operation Safety Now as revealed by independent reporter Logan Carroll and then zero in on Mr.Won, his history with the federal government and his role pushing the Upper Harbor for First Avenue.  Read Logan's reporting on Operation Safety Now here Sound design by Isaac Specktor support us on Patreon   

Today we're joined by Ginger Jentzen and Qannani Omar to discuss their work with Minneapolis United for Rent Control and the fight for a strong universal rent control policy. We talk over the process of making rent control a reality for Minneapolis and dispel some of the myths surrounding this policy proposal. Sign Minneapolis United for Rent Control's petition here! Keep this show going by supporting us on Patreon.

We got a new comrade coming earth-side soon:)  Please subscribe, rate and review the podcast and sign up on Patreon to keep this train rollin!  Patreon.com/moneypowerlandsolidarity 

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To supplement this weeks interview with Community Members for Environmental Justice (CMEJ) leader's Shalini Gupta and Roxxanne Obrien we are releasing a recording of the May 18th Community Intervention organized by CMEJ at Northern Metals. This powerful action was attended by roughly 100 concerned Minneapolis residents and featured powerful speakers from across communities and organizations. Big hearty salutes to everyone on all fronts of the struggle in Minneapolis and beyond, we are applying major pressure!  *This was a field recording done on the fly so the audio is a little rough, just a heads up.   

On today's episode we are joined by Roxanne Obrien and Shalini Gupta, founding members of Community Members for Environmental Justice (CMEJ), to get caught up on the fight against industrial polluter Northern Metals. Roxxanne and Shalini brief us on the multiple toxic fires at Northern Metals this spring, how Covid 19 intersects with Environmental Racism and how the ruling class is using grant money to buy off activists in Minneapolis.  *The opening clip was recorded live at the CMEJ organized community intervention against Northern Metals on Tuesday, May 18th For a thorough history on the struggle against Northern Metals check our early episode with Roxxanne Check in with CMEJ at cmejustice.org Help us get to 400 Patrons so we can keep brining you working class journalism!   

Subscribe on Patreon to get the entire EP now!  ________________ Peace! Im really excited to drop this project I made last year into your feed. ZOOM DOOM BLOOM is a collection of raps I wrote during the wildly intense year of 2020. The first track was written as a New Years intention on January 1st 2020 and from there you get a sprinkling of stream of consciousness poems and reflections from throughout the year. All of these songs were produced by my friend, comrade and collaborator from New Hamphire GeNreal - he also arranged this mix and added the various samples and bits you hear. I know y'all subscribe for the political education of the podcast but poetry and music is my life blood, as long as you allow it I'll keep dropping tunes to supplement the show. - GP Jacob 

We are joined today by Willy Lee, candidate for the Ward 12 city council seat in Minneapolis. Willy stops by to talk about what motivated them to challenge incumbent Andrew Johnson, the need to defund the police, housing policy and more.  Learn more about Willy Lee at Willylee.org *Before we get into our interview we talk about the murder of Winston Smith by officers with the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Minneapolis on Thursday, June 3rd.  Donate to the fundraiser to support the family of Winston Smith here  #justice4winstonsmith #Winstonwasassassinated  Support us on Patreon

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On today's episode we have the honor of being joined by Aegor and Andi from the Minneapolis chapter of the Sex Worker Outreach Project (SWOP). We talk about the history of Sex Worker organizing, the difference between "Decriminalization" and "legalization" and SWOP's efforts to repeal racist "loitering with intent" laws in Minneapolis. Be sure to join SWOP this Friday, June 4th for "Dancing in the Streets" a march and celebration to demand the decriminalization of people in the street economy. 5-8pm March from Downtown to Father Hennepin Park.  IG & Twitter: @swopmpls  paypal - swopmpls@gmail.com  Subscribe on Patreon to help the Money Power Land Solidarity podcast keep going! *Our esteemed producer is on a well deserved vacation so Jake mixed this episode, sorry for the drop in sound quality its only temporary:) 

A Letter to the National Guard(Who?) - Written during the National Guard occupation of Minneapolis, April 2021.  Subscribe on Patreon for an exclusive download of the entire song and more

Support those arrested combating police violence in Minnesota https://mnuprising.wordpress.com Hear the whole discussion on our Patreon page   

A short reflection on the first quarter of 2021 and an announcement for all our listeners.  Subscribe on Patreon to get exclusive episodes while we dive into creative mode this Spring. 

Today we are joined by South Minneapolis activist Marjaan Sirdar to discuss his explosive series of reports in Unicorn Riot exposing the Target Corporation's leading role in building mass incarceration  in Minneapolis and beyond. Entitled 21st Century Jim Crow in the North Star City the report tracks the development of Target's Safe City" and "Downtown 100" initiatives that criminalizes and surveils Black youth in Minneapolis as well as Targets extensive collaboration with the FBI, ATF and prosecutors across the country.  Also check out Marjaan's People Power podcast  This is the absolutely damning Washington Post article we discuss in the interview  Here is the Police Executive Research Forum report on Targets Safe City program 

Today we are honored to be joined by Amber and Ileana from the newly formed Minnesota Council of Non-Profits (MCN) Workers Union. Amber and Ileana discuss the issues that drove the decision to unionize, the hopes, dreams and goals of the workers and we debunk some of the union busting myths that management uses to discourage worker organizing.  Unfortunately, in the time since we recorded this interview the Executive Director of MCN has affirmed his anti-union stance and refused to voluntarily recognize the union. Make sure you follow the MCN Union on social media and support them as they move toward their union election.  IG & Twitter: @mcnunion Join the wave of worker power and organize your workplace!  help us get to 400 Patrons so we can produce more pro-worker media   

Top of the morning to ya! We are celebrating the Irish diaspora on this St. Paddys Day by remembering the brave soldiers of St. Patricks Battalion in the Mexican American War. St. Patricks Battalion was a multi-racial unit comprised mostly of recent Irish immigrants who defected from the slave holding army of the United States and fought with the people of Mexico against the U.S. invasion.  On part one we go back to Ireland in the 1800's to learn about the conditions that produced these soldiers and shaped their solidarities. Subscribe on Patreon to get access to part 2 where we cross the Atlantic and go to war with the ugly ideology of manifest destiny.  **Trigger Warning*** this episode includes descriptions of emaciation and hunger in the context of famine This episode, as always, was beautifully produced by our very own Isaac Specktor  This episode features a rendition of "Skibbereen" by Irish-American piper Jim McKenna. Named after a town in County Cork, the lyrics for this Irish folk song follow a conversation wherein a father details to his son why they were forced to leave Skibbereen, due to famine, eviction and rebellion. For an in depth look at Famine in the late British Empire check out Mike Davis' book Late Victorian Holocausts  

Today we are covering the ongoing struggle over the Roof Depot site in the Phillips Neighborhood of South Minneapolis. We are joined by East Phillips Residents Joe Vital and Cassandra Holmes who discuss the history of environmental racism in the neighborhood and the city of Minneapolis' efforts to block community plans for a regenerative urban farm at the Roof Depot site and force more pollution onto the neighborhood.  Take action in support of the Urban Farm at the Roof Depot Please email Hilary Dvorak, Principal City Planner, at hilary.dvorak@minneapolismn.gov, cc to; Citycouncilmembers@minneapolismn.gov; and chr.dovolis@gmail.com. Comments must be typed or written. Get talking points for your comment here  We launched our new goal of 400 Patrons, subscribe today to support out work 

Today we are thrilled to be joined by two of the Twin Cities Hip-Hop community's finest artists The Lioness and Loco Beats to discuss their newly released collaborative album "Gemini". We talk about their journey as artists, dig into this powerful body of work, laugh a lot and discuss how artists are undervalued in the capitalist economy. Make sure you go buy Gemini at TheLionessMusic.bandcamp.com. Also available on all major streaming platforms.  check in with both these incredible artists on social media @thelioness @loco.beats We just launched a new goal of 400 subscribers on Patreon, please consider joining up to support our working class journalism 

Today we turn our attention back to our local Billionaire overlords the Pohlad Companies. We zero in on PAR systems, the Pohlad owned global leader in robotics and artificial intelligence that specializes in eliminating jobs through automation and profits handsomely from war through contracts with the Department of Defense.  Subscribe on Patreon so we can raise an army to defeat the oligarchs robot legions 

Today we are joined by scholar Rebecca Walker to talk about the history of collaboration between the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) and segregationist real estate developers. Rebecca's research sheds light on the white supremacist logic of the urban planners who launched the city park movement in the United States and the MPRB's close relationship with the racist real estate developers we discussed in episode 54 with Daniel Bergin. Check out Rebecca's powerful research here https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f87a6cbf5d3b4a9183ff92cccbaca20a Support the Money Power Land Solidarity podcast on Patreon 

Today we get caught up to speed on perhaps the most impactful redevelopment project of our generation: the 48 acre Upper Harbor Terminal on the North Minneapolis riverfront. We start by celebrating the work of Community Members for Environmental Justice and the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy who forced the city to delay the scheduled Feb 16th vote until the mandatory environmental reviews are completed. We finish with a reflection on public land ownership at the Upper Harbor Terminal.  As always, produced by Isaac Specktor ---Call To Action--- Call/Email MPLS Director of Economic Policy and Development Erik Hanson to demand they call off the eviction of the near North encampment  Erik Hanson -612-679-5159  Erik.hansen@minneapolismn.gov Subscribe on Patreon to power working class journalism